Harry and Meghan are set to attend the Winter Invictus Games 2025 (Image: Samir Hussein/WireImage)
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will attend the opening ceremony in Vancouver on February 8 in a joint appearance, according to a well-placed source.
for , 40, will now be a joint engagement, and this shift reflects their renewed focus on collaboration in public engagements.
The opening ceremony will see singer Katy Perry perform, Grammy-nominated Noah Kahan, and Canadian singer Nelly Furtado.
“It was important for the Sussexes to appear together at such a worthwhile event,” the source told Express.co.uk. “The Invictus Games is a Sussex initiative and something they want their children to continue once they get older.”
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Prince Harry taking part in the Invictus Games 2025 School Program (Image: Getty Images)
The source claims the Duchess of Sussex, 43, decided to join her husband after PR firm Three Gate Strategies took over the couple’s communications earlier this month with a new direction.
Led by the couple’s former Head of Communications Ashley Hansen, the communications agency will push for a renewed focus on joint appearances and initiatives following months of solo engagements.
The source said: “There will be a renewed focus on the Sussexes as a couple, as a brand and showcasing them as a couple and family.”
by the Duke of Sussex, , after visiting the Warrior Games in Colorado a year earlier and seeing its impact on injured US military personnel.
This year’s Games will feature winter sports for the first time and run from February 8 to 16 in Canada.
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The are an international platform for veterans to showcase their physical and mental rehabilitation. The games celebrate the fighting spirit of veterans and demonstrate the sacrifices they have made.
The competition has previously been held in London (2014), Orlando, Florida (2016), Toronto, Canada (2017), Sydney, Australia (2018), The Hague, the Netherlands (2022, bumped from 2020 amid the pandemic) and Dusseldorf, Germany (2023), with the seventh edition happening in Vancouver and Whistler.
A year ago in February 2024, and launched the countdown by attending the Invictus Games One Year to Go celebrations in Canada, spending time at the kickoff Winter Training Camp with athletes.